Mail-box support.



0. WOLL'AM.

MAIL BOX SUPPORT APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1918.

Patentd Sept. 3,1918.-

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Gus WVoLLAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockville, in the county of Frontier and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail-Box Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mail box supports and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a support for mail boxes which is of such construction as will permit the box arranged thereon to be adjusted vertically in order that the same can be readily reached by children or short persons and then returned to its normal or raised position to facilitate the collecting or depositing of matter therefrom or therein by a postman.

Another and equally important object of the invention is to provide a support of the character mentioned having means thereon for supporting parcels and other matter which, due to its size, could not be placed in the mail box.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain construction embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle. of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved support,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail partly in section showing the connection of the stay with the supporting arm.

Having more particular reference to the drawings, in connection with which like reference characters will designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 represents the body portion of the improved support, the same being composed of spaced metal strips, the lower ends of which are off-set as at 2 and secured to a post or other suitable element 3 by passingbolts 4 through the same. Pockets 5 are formed upon the upper end of the body portion 1 and serve to receive standards 6 therein, which as will be noted carry a suitable sign 7 upon their upper extremities, which serves in the capacity of the usual form of signal employed in connection with rural mail boxes.

Pivoted to the opposite sides of the body portion 1 at a point in proximity toi'the upper end thereof is a supporting arm 8, the same being formed of a strip of metal bent upon itself into substantially U-shaped form and having a plurality of hooks 9 connected to its opposite sides. A suitable form of mail box 10 is secured to the supporting arm 8 by fastening devices and as will be readily understood, is adapted to be normally arranged in a substantially horizontal plane to facilitate the depositing and collection of matter therein and therefrom. Pivoted to the outer portion of the supporting arm is a stay element 11 having the lower portion thereof provided with a series of recesses or seats 12, which are adapted to be engaged with a cross pin 13 carried on the lower end of the body portion 1; a similar pin 14 being arranged above the pin 13 and engaged with the opposite sides of the body portion for maintaining the stay 11 in engagement therewith.

In using my improved support, should it be necessary, the arm 8 may be swung downwardly with relation to the body portion 1 by disengaging the lower end of the pivoted stay 11 from the cross pin 13, thus enabling a child or short person to easily reach said box. Parcels or othermatter of a size such as will prevent the placing thereof in the mail box can be supported upon the various hooks 9 secured to the sides of the supporting arm 8, the positioning thereof being such as to be in full view of the postman. IVith the matter properly arranged in the orrszwonnnivnzorrs'rocxvrLLE, NEBRASKA. I r

box 10 or on the hooks 9, the supporting' arm 8 is again swung to its uppermost position and the stay 11 re'ngaged with the gagement with a suitable support, a support-- ing arm pivoted to the upper end of said body portion, a keeper engaged with the lower end of the body portion, and a stay having a notched lower end pivoted to the outer end of said arm engageable with the keeper. 7 v

2. A support of the character described including a substantially U-shaped body" por-' tion having the lower end thereof off-set for engagement with a suitable obj ect, a substantially U-shaped arm pivoted to the upper end of said body portion, a crosspin secured to the lower end of the body portion, and a 10 stay having a notched lower end pivoted to the outer end of said arm and adjustably engageable with said pin.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto.

OTIS WOLLAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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